Joseph Alfred TREZISE

Regimental number5197
Place of birthBeaconsfield, Tasmania
SchoolBeaconsfield State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressBeaconsfield Road, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Mr J H Trezise, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 29 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 September 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death22.2
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, 37), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Jane TREZISE, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal